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  • 14 September 2018

    USS expert panel pensions report released The eagerly-anticipated first report from the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) looking at the Universities Superannuation Scheme…

  • 14 September 2018

    It was a busy few days for UCU delegates at the 150th anniversary TUC in Manchester this week UCU's general secretary Sally Hunt had the honour of opening the 150…

  • 6 September 2018

    UCU has today welcomed a commitment from NCG to provide more security of employment in its colleges. The unions say staff without permanent contracts are unable…

  • 9 August 2018

    UCU Scotland has attacked Robert Gordon University for shoehorning in a new principal without any sort of recruitment process The university has announced  that…

  • 27 July 2018

    Unconditional offers, USS changes. student satisfaction and more.

  • 20 July 2018

    Autumn strike warnings as UCU says staff need decent pay offer UCU said it was disappointed that the employers' representatives, the Association of Colleges (AoC),…

  • 18 July 2018

    The chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) Professor Madeleine Atkins received a pay package worth £554,648 last year, according…

  • 13 July 2018

    UCU wins Home Office guarantee that strike days won't jeopardise workers' immigration status The government is changing the rules to ensure migrant workers can…

  • 29 June 2018

    UCU has announced today that it will ballot its higher education members for industrial action later this year as part of a row over pay. The ballot will open in…

  • 27 June 2018

    Trade unions representing staff in further education colleges in England have today submitted a pay claim of 5% for the 2018/19 academic year to the employers'…